Brassiere



Patented Got. 20, 1925.

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GABRIELLE M. P. YER-KES. 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BRASSIRE.

To all whom t mc/z/ concern.'

Be it. known that l. Gnnrnnnn M. P. Ynniins, a citizen oi: the UnitedStates, and resident oi' the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and Stateot New Yorlr. have invented a new and useful improvement in Bras sires.ot which. the t'ollowing is a specification.

ln brassires as commonly made, the diaphragm ot' the wearer ispractically unsupported and the diaphragm is thus allowed to undulyvprotrude. Bones have been placed .invarious positions in the brassire inthe attempt to correct this fault.

The object of my invention is to provide very comfortable and wellfitting garment which will properly and effectively support thediaphragm o1" the wearer, without the use of bones in the garment torthis purpose.

My invention consists of a brassire provided with a boneless diaphragmsupport and more particularly a brassire having its front provided witha plurality ot boneloss non-elastic diaphragm supporting members, whichmembers preferably overlap; reinforcing straps being` provided forassisting in holding the diaphragm supportd ing portion ot the brassirein proper position.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying draw ings7 in which- Fig. l represents the brassire infront eleration as in use.

Fig. 2 represents the brassire in side elevation as in use.

Fig. 8 represents an enlarged diagrammatic section taken verticallythrough the front ot the` brassire in the plane of the line Hl-Hl otFig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. A represents a detail enlarged diagrammatic section taken in theplane of the line lV-IV of Fig. 2, looking in the direction ot thearrows.

Fig. 5 represents an outside View of the brassire laid out at.

Fig. 6 represents an inside view of the same.

The brassire is shown as made up of nonelastic members, the middle frontmember` being denoted by l, the two side front members by 2, 3, the twoside back members by 4. 5,; the two elastic sores by 6, 7, and the twomiddle bacl: members by 8. 9. Any suitable fastening` means such ashooks and eyes l() and 11 may be employed for uniting the two middleback members. The brassire is also provided with suitable shoulder'straps 12, 13.

The front ot the brassire is provided with a boneless non-elasticdiaphragm supporta which support in the present instance comprises thetwo overlapping members la. 15. which extend across the lower portion ofthe middle iront member l from side to side thereof, forming threethicknesses of material at the overlapping portions. The upper edges ofthese members may be inclined upwardly from the sides of the member l toa median line.

The two side iront members 2, 3 are provided with reintorcing bonelessnon-elastic straps 16, 17 and 18., 19. which extend from the uppercorners of the supporting members laterally and upwardly across the sidefront members tor assisting in holding the diaphragm supporting` portionot the brassire in proper position.

From the ab vo description it will be seen that I have provided abrassire in which the diaphragm of the wearer is properly supportedwithout the use of bones for this purpose, thereby makingthe brassiremuch more comfortable.

It is evident that various changes may be resorted to in theconstruction, form and arrangement of the several parts withoutdeparting from the spiritand scope of my invention; hence. I do not wishto be limited to the particular embodiment herein shown and described,but

l/Vhat I claim is r- 1. A brassire composed of non-elastic middle andside front members, non-elastic side and middle back members, andelastic gores secured between the side and middle back members. themiddle front member being provided with a flexible non-elastic diaphragmsupport free from stays extending across the lower portion thereof.

2. A brassire composed of non-elastic middle and side front membersanon-elastic side and mdde fm members, and elastic tending laterallyacross the same diagonally goreg between ih@ Sid@ and middle bad; upward'from the said diaphragm support. members, the middle front member beingnlestimouy that olalm the 'foregoing as 10 provided with a nou-elasticdiaphragm sup- Y Nlillhfi'- 112V@ bgmd INTI mlm@ NS port extendingacross the lower polton l @11F 05T l'iy 1923- theleo'f and the sidefront members being provided with spaced reinforcing straps ex- GABRELLM. P. YERKES.

